This book is a collective effort by world experts, bringing together assorted contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 (the Asia Tsunami and Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami events). The chapters cover assessment, evaluation, forecast and lessons learned as well as environmental and societal impacts of the latest tsunamis that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the Pacific Ocean in Japan 2011.
The book is aimed at experts, scientists and decision makers seeking recent updated information, knowledge and experiences to better understand, quantify, forecast and protect coastal water resources, ecosystems, communities and human settlements which are often affected by tsunamis.
This book brings together contributions presented during the Ocean Science Session OS-017, of the AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly held in Singapore in 2012 and other conferences. It covers various tsunami events as well as impacts and lessons learned.
Preface.- Foreword.-
1. The Tsunami and Earthquake in Miyagi Prefecture
and Sanriku 2011-2012 - An Overview.-
2. Assessment and Modeling of
Dispersal Contamination Incoming with Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD)
in Tsunami Affected Coastal Areas.-
3. Tsunami Inundation Modeling of the
2011 Tohoku Earthquake Using Three-dimensional Building Data for Sendai,
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-
4. Numerical Simulation of Coastal Sediment
Transport by the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake Tsunami.-
5. NOAAs Historical
Tsunami Event Database, Raw and Processed Water Level Data, and Model Output
Relevant to the 11 March 2011 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.-
6.
Tsunami Simulations in the Western Pacific Ocean and East China Sea from the
Great Earthquakes along the Nankai-Suruga Trough.-
7. Impacts of Tsunami
Events on Ecosystem Services Provided by Benthic Macro-invertebrate
Assemblages of Marine Coastal Zones.-
8. Discussion about Tsunami Interaction
with Fringing Coral Reef.-
9. Ecological Status of Sandy Beaches After
Tsunami Events Insights From Meiofauna Investigations After The 2011
Tohoku-Oki Tsunami, Sendai, Japan.-
10. Impact of Tsunami Inundation on Soil
Salinisation Up to one Year after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami.-
11.
Estimating the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Height and Period from
Boulders Distribution at Pakarang Cape, Thailand.-
12. A Note on Imbricated
Granite Boulders on NW Penang Island, Malaysia-Tsunami or Storm Origin?.-
13.
Effects of Tsunami Wave Erosion on Natural Landscapes: Examples from the 2011
Tohoku-Oki Tsunami.-
14. Concatenated Hazards: Tsunamis, Climate Change,
Tropical Cyclones and Floods.-
15. Domino Effects and Industrial Risks:
Integrated Probabilistic Framework Case of Tsunamis Effects.-
16.
Destruction Patterns and Mechanisms of Coastal Levees on the Sendai Bay Coast
Hit by the 2011 Tsunami.-
17. Damage and Reconstruction after the 2004 Indian
Ocean Tsunami and the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami.-
18. Tsunami-Deck: ANew Concept of
Tsunami Vertical Evacuation System.-
19. Identifying Evacuees' Demand of
Tsunami Shelters Using Agent Based Simulation.-
20. Multiple Wave Arrivals
Contribute to Damage and Tsunami Duration on the US West Coast.-
21.
Improving Tsunami Resiliency: California's Tsunami Policy Working Group.-
22.
Preliminary 2013 Solomon Islands Tsunami Data Report and Historical
Retrospective.-
23. 2004 Tsunami in Southern Thailand, Lessons Learned for
the Thai Communities.-
24. Understanding Challenges at the Last-Mile in
developing an Effective Risk Communication to Reduce Peoples Vulnerability
in Context of Tsunami Early Warning and Evacuation.-
25. The Great East
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermath: Preliminary Assessment of Carbon
Footprint of Housing Reconstruction.- Index
